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. 5. LURLINE Third Matson Liner Launched at Quincy T THE Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., the new express passenger liner LURLINE, third of the new Matson liners, was launched on July 18, 1932, at noon, just one year from the day when the Mariposa, first of the trio, entered ‘the water, and from the same slip in the same ship- yard. She is a sistership of the MARI- POSA and the MonTEREY, both of which are now in service between California and Australia. The vessel was christened by Mrs. William P. Roth, wife of the president of the Matson Navigation Co. ‘The choice of Mrs. Roth as sponsor for this ship, the third to bear the name LUR- LINE, is singularly appropriate, since Mrs. Roth is the daughter of the late Capt. William Matson, founder of the Matson fleet. Her maiden name was Lurline B. Matson. The first ship built to Captain Matson’s order was the brigantine LURLINE, and that name was also given to the first steamship built to his order. The new LURLINE is almost identical to the MARIPposA and MONTEREY; she is, however, to be operated with the MALOLO on the run between San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu, pro- viding frequent and luxurious service by ships flying the Matson flag. The dimensions of the LURLINE are: Length overall, feet, inches ...........08 681 65% Length on D.W.L., feet, inches.......... 628 0 Length between perpendiculars, ft. in. 605 6 Beam, molded, feet, inches... 79 0 Depth molded to ‘‘C’’ deck, ft., in..... 52 9 Draft molded to D.W.L., ft., in......... 28 0 Displacement to D.W.L., tons ............ 26,141 Normal] shaft horsepOWer ........cccsseeeees 22,000 Service speed, designed, knots ........... 20% A slight rearrangement has been made in the passenger quarters of the HNULUUESUALU CUNT ENTE AUDET ENNELY The 8. 8S. Lur- line shortly af- ter launching, July 18, 1932, at the yard of the Bethlehem Ship building Corp., Quincy, Mass. Above, center, the Lur- line sliding down the ways UUUATYIEVOYOUOUEIOUALI DEN TUTTE Left to right—W. P. Roth, president of the Matson Navigation Co.; Mrs. W. P. Roth, sponsor of the 8S. 8S. Lurline; and EH. G. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Ship- building Corp. Ltd. new ship, and stateroom accommoda- tions are fitted for 443 first-class pas- sengers and 229 cabin class. The same high quality of accommodations found on the earlier ships will be maintained on the LURLINE, the rearrangement consisting chiefly of the omission and relocation of certain rooms and suites. The machinery of the LURLINE will be the same as that of the MARIPOSA and MONTEREY, both of which per- formed exceptionally well on trial and in actual service. Briefly, twelve oil- PrP — MARINE REvVIEw—August, 1932 burning Babcock & Wilcox boilers sup- ply steam at 375 pounds pressure to two sets of turbines, each set driving a propeller shaft through single reduc- tion gearing. Each set of turbines comprises three units, high, intermedi- ate, and low pressure. The keel of the LURLINE was laid on Oct. 3, 1931, in the same slip where the MARIPOSA was built. Completion is expected about the last of the pres- ent year and she is scheduled to sail from New York on her maiden voyage the middle of January. The ship was checked by chain drags according to the practice of the Fore River yard. The checking problem here was practically the same as that for the MARIPOSA, it being necessary to stop the ship completely not more than 200 feet from the way ends. Due to the entire success of the launching of the MARIposA, the arrangements were practically duplicated for the LURLINE. The amount of chain used for drags totalled 364 tons. The arrangement provided six piles of chain on each side of the ship, two piles each of 16, 25, and 50 tons. Four steel wire drag lines were used on each side, the first being 134 inch diameter and the others 2% inches diameter. Each of the 50 ton drags was connected to a separate 2%-inch drag line; the lighter drags were arranged two to a drag line, the second being drawn by a _ pendant through the shackle of the first. (Continued on Page 20)